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by Chuck Zlatkin
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I watched the John Kerry For President concert on Sundance Monday night, while listening to it on WBAI radio. It was shown live from the MCI Center in D.C. It was a great concert. I loved seeing John Fogarty play with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Dave Matthews, John Mellenkamp, Bonnie Raitt, the Dixie Chicks with James Taylor, REM, what a great show it was. And as much as I loved it all, I was saddened by its message, because I think its dead wrong. I wish I could just talk about the music, but this program was designed to make me vote for John Kerry. I mean how great was it to see Bruce Springsteen start the night playing an acoustic 12-string version of the National Anthem?
But it couldn't deter me from seeing that John Kerry is pro-war, and therefore I can’t support him for president. I know the performers are anti-war. They are opposed to the policies of the Bush Administration. They are doing what they think is right, but they are wrong, and deep in their hearts they know they are kidding themselves. They are wishing and hoping that John Kerry can be reached, that once in office he might be convinced to be the compassionate liberal.
But history teaches us that, when it comes to the presidency, whether it be liberal or conservative, there is very little room for compassion when the United States has decided that it is time for war.
Five hours of great music and passion could not cloud the issue for me. I'm afraid that Bruce and his friends are truly kidding themselves.
When it mattered most, John Kerry voted in favor of this war. When it mattered most John Kerry voted in f avor of the Patriot Act. When it mattered most John Kerry voted in favor of NAFTA and GATT. And when it matters most now John Kerry promises that he will be out of Iraq in four years, that he will win the war, hunt down the terrorists and kill them. And when it matters most now John Kerry turns out to be one of the candidates of the War Party, because when it matters most John Kerry is no different than his blood brother, George W. Bush.
It’s the war. The issue is the war and the occupation. It is being done in our name. George W. Bush started it and John F. Kerry wants to win it. We can be assured of one thing that whoever “wins,” the war will continue. And for the war to continue there has to be a draft and both Kerry and Bush continue to lie to you about it.
I feel sad for my friends who are going to vote for John Kerry. My friends are opposed to war, they are committed to justice, and they feel that their only choice is to vote for John Kerry. But the reality is, if you are for peace, that is no choice at all.
It tell my friends that I'm going to vote for myself on November 2nd as the ultimate protest vote. They tell me that I'm wasting my vote. I say to them that George W. Bush has appointed 11 of his Skull and Bones blood brothers to his administration. I wonder how many John Kerry will appoint to his?
The most compelling and poignant moment of this supposed "Vote For Change" concert was when Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam launched into his version of Dylan's "Masters of War." It sounded as if Bob Dylan had written the song last week:
" Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks
You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly
Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain. . ."
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